German 125th Infantry Division

The 125th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the German Wehrmacht that was active from October 1940 to March 1944 during World War II. The division joined the XVIII Armeekorps for the Battle of Greece in 1941, and it later served in Operation Barbarossa as a part of the German 17th Army in Army Group South, fighting at Uman and Kiev in the Ukraine. In July 1942, the division eliminated the Soviets in Rostov during Case Blue and was located at the outskirts of Krasnodar when it was pushed back by a Soviet winter offensive. In 1943, it lost its distinction as a division as it withdrew through the Crimea and into Ukraine, and its remnants joined the German 302nd Infantry Division in 1944.